December 2011
Beginner to intermediate
436 pages
14h 59m
English
Content preview from Galaxy S II: The Missing Manual
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Customizing Your Photo Shooting
WANT TO MAKE SURE you take the best photo possible for your light conditions, and also add special effects, like a sepia tone? Simple—tap the Settings button, and a menu appears that lets you do all that and much more:
Edit shortcuts. Tap to add more buttons to the camera’s screen. When you tap it, a menu appears that lets you choose which extra buttons to put on the screen, such as to turn on anti-shake, change the resolution, and so on. Drag buttons to the indicated blank sections on the left-hand side of the screen. This feature is a lot more important than you might realize, because the Galaxy S II doesn’t otherwise give you a lot of control over the settings for each individual shot. So, for example, if you want to change the resolution of your photos, you’ll need to add the Resolution shortcut to the screen, and then tap it whenever you want to change the resolution. The same holds for features such as anti-shake, blink detection, and so on.
Self portrait. Tap it to turn on the back-facing camera turned to a setting designed for a close-up portrait. Say cheese!
Flash. Lets you turn the flash on or off, or lets the Galaxy S II determine whether to use the flash. In some lighting conditions, you won’t be able to do this, because the Galaxy S II will ...
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